Cooperative social and business card display



Y 9, 1948. c. v. BERRY coorsnn'xvz socm. AND BUSINESS cm msrmir Filed Oct. 12, 1943 Patented Mar. 9, 1948 ,7 v 2,4s7,415- I 1 COOPERATIVE SOCIAL AND BUSINESS CARD DISPLAY V QC li ftonVBerry; New York, N. Y.

. Application'October 12, 1943, Serial No. 505,936

' I 5Claims. (01.40-1 .24)

This invention relatestoaicarddisplaying device'andit is one object of the invention to provide a device'of this character including .a board adapted to be supported in an upright position against a wall or upon a'counter and carrying card-holding, members which extend transversely across the front of the board-and are so formed that-a number ofr cards maybe carried by the card-holding members and supported in upright position so that they'may "be clearly seen and easily read-by persons looking at the'board.

'Anotherobject of the-'invention-is to provide a card displaying device wherein the-card-holding members consist; of elongated channeled strips which are of such formation that cards may be thrust into the strips and firmly held. uprightin side-by-side relation-to each other and thus allow a number of cards to be carried by each strip or bar, the strips or bars being formed of transparent-materialso that; writing upon lower end portionspf the cards which are engaged in the bars may be seen and read.

Another object of the invention is to provide card-holding, bars carrying attaching members which are slidably engaged in grooves formed vertically in the front face of the board so that the bars may "be shifted: vertically "and thus be adjusted to positions for holding cards of different-neight.

; Another biet er t iaayeau q is to pr s t to a card displaying device which is simple in construction and so formed that it will hold a large number of cards in such position that they may be clearly seen and read.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the card displaying device.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing an end portion of one of the card holding bars.

This improved card displaying device consists briefly of a board carrying bars which extend transversely across the front of the bar and are spaced vertically from each other so that cards carried by the bars may project upwardly there- 45 from in position to be seen and read. The board I is formed of wood or other suitable material and at its top is formed with an upwardly pro- Jecting portion formed with an opening 2 to receive a nail by means of which the board is to be suspended against a wall. The name of the company operating the board or the name of the owner of a store in which the board is displayed may be inscribed upon the upwardly pro channels.

2 l .4 Grooves or channels 3. are formed vertically? in the board in spaced relation to's'ide. edges'thereof and these channels have reduced throats leading from the front face 'o-fthe board; Open ends of the channels are at. the lower end of the board so that convenient accessf'may be had to the 'Inorder to-holdl cards to'bedisplayed there have been provided a =numbe-r ofbars .4 which extend across ,the frontface of the. board one above another. The bars are. formed from strips of sheet materialwhich isgpreferably'plastic and transparent. v '1- a I The strips are folded to form-tubular bars open at their ends and during folding 'of the j strips each has its marginal portions overlapped to provide the bar with a front wall'having upper and lower portions,the lower, portion being disposed in overlapping relation to thev upper portion and thus provide the front wall ofjthe bar Witha lower section orlip which overlaps 1 its upp r section and has its upper edge p rtion bent out.- wardly away from'theupper section so that cards may be easily thrust downwardly between the upper and, lower sections where they will be gripped by the lowerv section. and firmlyheld. The inserted cards project upwardly; from the bars and since they are held in an upright position they may beclearly seen and read. Since the bars are formed of transparent plastic p t upon pti r -pa tisansotjthe a s wh h are overlapped and gripped by the lower sections of the front walls of the bars may be seen and printed matter on these covered portions of the cards seen and read. In order to mount the bars across the boards each bar is provided near its ends with posts 5 which project rearwardly from the bar and carry cross heads 6 formed from strips of resilient sheet metal or other suitable material. The cross heads are curved longitudinally and are of such length that they may be thrust into the grooves or channels 3 and extend transversely therein with the posts 5 passing through the throats of the grooves and the cross heads bearing a ainst walls of the grooves at opposite sides of the throats. The cross heads .are flexed somewhat in order to thrust them into the grooves and, will thus have binding contact with walls of the grooves and frictionally hold the bars in desired vertical spaced relation to each other. It will thus be seen that the bars may be spaced from each other different distances and be accommodated to the height of the cards carried by the bars. Handles 1 are iecting portion of the board if so desired. mounted in spaced relation to opposite side edges 3 of the board so that by grasping the handles the board may be easily lifted and a nail into a wall engaged through the opening 2 and suspend the board in such position that cards carried by the bars 4 will be prominently displayed. The improved card holder is particularly adaptable for use in restaurants, drug stores, waiting rooms or other places where people congregate and may not only be used for'holding advertising cards but also for holding menus, tr ain'schedules, or the like. Since the cards are frictionally gripped between the two sections of the front wallsof the bars they may be grasped and removed by exerting upward pull and new cards then inserted. A small display device of the improved construction may be set upon a counter'and'supported in upright position by a prop of conven tional form. 7

Having thus described the invention; what-is claimed is:

1. A card displaying device comprising a back board formed with vertically extending channels spaced from each other transversely of-the board and having throats of reduced width opening through the front face of the'board, card holders extending transversely of said board on'eabove another with portions crossing the channels, posts carried by said cardholders and passing through the'throats' into said channels, and resilient cross strips carried by said posts and disposed within the channels "transversely thereof in frictionally gripping engagement 'with'walls of the channels to hold the card holders totlie 'backboard and maintain the card-holders in vertically adjusted positions, 7 V

2. A card displaying device'comprisin'g'a back board formed with vertically extending channels leading from its lower end and having throats'of wardly from said bars through the throats of said grooves, and resilient cross strips carried by rear ends of said posts and disposed within the grooves transversely thereof and'curved longitudinally for frictional engagement with walls of the grooves to hold the bars in desired vertical spaced relation to each other.

3. A card displaying device comprising a back board formed with vertically extending tracks having threats of reduced width along their front sides, card-holding bars extending transversely of said board with portions crossing said tracks,

posts projecting rearwardly from said bars and entering the tracks through throats thereof, and

resilient cross heads carried by said posts and disposed within the tracks transversely thereof and frictionally gripping walls of the tracks to hold the bars in desired vertical spaced relation to -each other.

4. A card displaying device comprising a back board formed "with vertically extending tracks having throats of reduced width along their front :sides, card-holding members extending transversely of the board 'withportions crossing the tracks, and mounting membersextending rearwardly from the card-holding members into the tracks through the throats thereofand-- provided with members gripping walls of the tracks to hold the card-holding members in desired vertical spaced relation toeach other.

5. A'card displaying device comprising a back board, and card-holding bars extending transversely of i said board in front thereof, eachbar consisting of a strip of sheetmaterial bent to form a-tubular bar-havingar'ear wall 'and upper and lower walls and a front wall provided withan upper and a lower section overlapping the com-' pariion upper section whereby a-cardthrust between overlapped portionsof the-sections will be gripped and held inupr'ight position; CLIFTON V. BERRY.

' REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number "Name 1 Date 949,578 Keene "Feb. 15, 1910 1,408,469 

